Security tightened after failed bombing

Belgium has tightened security to counter fears that lone attackers could strike anywhere and at any time after a failed bombing by a man shouting “Allahu akbar” at a Brussels railway station.

Asoldierkilledtheattacker, who had tried to set off a powerful nail bomb that could have led to fatalities among the two dozen or so travellers checking train times on a public display board at Brussels Central Station on Tuesday.

The Brussels attacker was a 36-year-old Moroccan national not known to authorities for being involved in terror activities, federal magistrate Eric Van der Sypt told reporters.